Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web

Re:Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web by munk-a on Thursday August 24, 2023 @03:18PM (#37253353)

As a person with ADHD myself I'm definitely on the same wavelength with finding emojis distracting but a friend of mine finds them extremely engaging. I suspect that the emoji appeal is more whether you were raised in a setting with them embedded into speech or appended at the end of speech. That's all to say that I don't think the OP was really accurate when they said emojis distracted people with ADHD - it distracts some of us - and engages other[1].

I would also personally appreciate a more neutral professional tone to writing but it's important to get a wider understanding of your audience before over tuning your presentation.

1. (And if you really want to engage me put hyphens everywhere - I do mean everywhere... but that's just me.)

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Re:Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web by christalwang on Thursday August 24, 2023 @03:24PM (#37253430)

Thanks for this perspective. I generally try to make it at least not distracting for most people, even though I know no 1 style will work for everyone.

Yes, I hear your point on neutral tone as well, I'm a bit dramatic at times.

I am the same with brackets. I use brackets so often-I type them then delete them (or at least reduce them to a "normal" amount) before hitting send, usually.

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Re:Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web by dsp_person on Thursday August 24, 2023 @03:43PM (#37253641)

Maybe you should have a big switch at the top for "Stimulus mode" and "Distraction-free reader". And maybe another one that shoots fireworks.

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Re:Show HN: Shimmer – ADHD coaching for adults, now on web by christalwang on Thursday August 24, 2023 @03:48PM (#37253709)

I laughed out loud at the end. That's a good idea. https://www.understood.org/ actually has a good example of this (reduce-motion mode)

We'll look into this for sure—I'd love a confetti mode.

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